Strengths & Weaknesses

What were your strength/weaknesses according to the UNI Survey and NET Standards?

In my UNI survey I realized that I am pretty adept at most things, which will help me as a teacher as well as a student. Some things I know how to do but don’t participate in a lot is video conferencing. The reason I don’t use this often is because my computer does not have a camera, and I don’t know anyone with whom I would talk to frequently that uses it. Another thing I have issues with is using terminology related to computers appropriately. I have a hard time remembering and reiterating words that are not familiar to me, or that I don’t use frequently. I also have issues with graphing calculators in math. If I had a step by step memory card to remind me which buttons to use for each problem I’d be able to do it. I know a bit about equity, ethics, legal, and human issues concerning use of computers and technology, but I know there is a lot more out there that I do not know about.

MY GOALS:

My goals is to learn more technology terminology by taking this online course at university class.com. The reason I would do this is so that when my students ask me a question I can answer them correctly instead of always saying, we will look that up. The other thing i will do is work on my use with graphing calculators. I know for a fact that all of my students need to learn how to use a graphing calculator. Not only for college classes, but for high school classes as well. By taking this online tutorial by Prenhall I will be able to better instruct my students on using and understanding a graphing calculator.